More Bombs for Baghdad; 129 Killed in Iraq
Iraq announced the arrest of senior Saddam administration official Abd al-Baqi al-Saadun.
At least 129 were killed and 42 were wounded.
Iraq announced the arrest of senior Saddam administration official Abd al-Baqi al-Saadun.
At least 129 were killed and 42 were wounded.
By Craig Murray | June 27, 2015 Just ten years ago, Ghana had the most reliable electricity supply in all of Africa and the highest percentage of households connected to the grid in all of Africa – including South Africa. The Volta River Authority, the power producer and distributor was, in my very considerable experience, […]
By Eric Zuesse | RINF | June 27, 2015 Malaysia, frustrated by the refusal of the official international investigation-team to produce any clear evidence yet of whom to blame for the downing of the MH17 Malaysian airliner over the Ukrainian civil-war zone on 17 July 2014, has finally forced the team to request the UN […]
Considering a previous Greek government tried to go the referendum route and the EU ousted him...Will history repeat? Let's read this article, shall we?No EU support for Greece may accelerate the fall of SYRIZA government
(PNN/Hebron/)Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Saturday morning arrested Bishop Atallah Hanna during his participation in a march protesting the illegal seizure of a hospital building which is part of al-Baraka church, north of Hebron.
Israeli police move Ethiopian Israeli protesters during a demonstration against police brutality and racism in Tel Aviv [AFP]
Washingtonpost.com caption: National security correspondent Greg Miller discusses the impact of three terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait after an Islamic State leader called to make the month of Ramadan a time of "calamity for the infidels." Watch the clip here."The jihadist
Iran’s Minister of Industry Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez talk to reporters in Caracas Press TV – June 27, 2015 Iran has agreed to a $500 million credit line for Venezuela to finance joint investments there, President Nicolas Maduro has announced. He made the announcement after meeting Iranian […]
By Cassandra Fairbanks | PINAC News | June 25, 2015 The rookie NYPD cop who shot and killed Akai Gurley in a stairwell last year waited almost 20 minutes to report the shooting, refusing to call for or provide medical assistance, as he bickered back and forth with his partner about who should be the […]
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It’s highly unlikely that the Syrian military has used chemical weapons in its ongoing fight against foreign-backed jihadists, but if it had, would use of the weapons be uniquely reprehensible, and would it justify an intervention?
June 27, 2015
By Stephen Gowans
AFP – June 27, 2015 JERUSALEM – An Israeli minister on Friday urged French Jews to move to Israel after a suspected Islamist attacked a factory near Lyon and pinned a severed head to the gates. “I call on the Jews of France – come home! Anti-Semitism is rising, terror is increasing,” immigration minister Zeev […]
Greece has a unique opportunity to exit the Eurozone gracefully, head high, telling the troika, especially the fratricidal Brussels gang, that honoring the election commitment to the Greek people is a priority – no more austerity, no more pension cuts, no more privatization of public services and public assets, no more closing of hospitals – for these honorable reasons Greece will exit the Eurozone – not surrender, never surrender. This is not surrender; this is a wise move that will lead Greece into a new and prosperous future.
The UK is the only EU member and one of only nineteen countries worldwide, including North Korea and Iran, that still recruits 16-year-olds, a practice that's been challenged by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and many other human rights groups. Still, figures released in 2014 show that one of four new recruits there were too young to vote, drink or smoke, but not to die
"This state's Democratic Party is like the Mickey Mouse Club, only with less cohesion and direction." There may be a few states where that dollop of reality is just plain false. But the state Democratic Parties overall are a collection of pointless messes, run by self-serving men and women with small minds, pedestrian outlooks and ironically big egos. There are almost no state Democratic Parties that aren't pitifully dysfunctional.
Six years since the invention of the blockchain, more people are beginning to see the powerful political implications that this technology brings. People from diverse backgrounds have been weighing in on its disruptive potential. While libertarians embrace the potential of cryptocurrencies to break up monopolies of the ‘too big to fail’ banking and payment companies, the rise of this technology was met with skepticism by many socialists.
By Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman | AllGov | June 26, 2015 The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that exposure to the insecticide lindane, which is still used extensively in the United States, can cause cancer. Formulated but no longer produced in the U.S., lindane is used for livestock, pet and seed treatment, in […]
Press TV – June 27, 2015 A Cairo-based rights group has revealed that as many as 269 people have lost their lives in Egyptian custody since the 2013 ouster of Mohamed Morsi, the country’s first democratically-elected president. The Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms (ECRF) disclosed the data in a report issued on Friday to […]
Pakistani journalist Zaid Hamid (file photo) Press TV – June 26, 2015 Saudi forces have arrested a leading Pakistani journalist opposed to Saudi Arabia’s military aggression against Yemen. Zaid Hamid, a Pakistani defense analyst and political commentator, was arrested weeks ago by Saudi security forces in the holy city of Mecca during a private visit […]
Back in 1959, President Eisenhower and Soviet Premier Khrushchev took a break from their summit and walked in the woods around Camp David. Khrushchev, in his memoirs, relates a conversation in which the president complains of how hard it is to resist the military’s demands for more money. Military leaders, said Eisenhower, invariably insist the […]
With only eighteen months remaining, Barack Obama’s foreign policy legacy will be much debated after he leaves the White House. Excluding our crackpots and bigots, historians, memoirists and biographers will surely take into account the challenges he faced because of the two wars he inherited – one of which, Afghanistan, he always supported. Even so, […]
While Monsanto tries to dodge a class action lawsuit in California by requesting that it be dismissed by the court, a federal judge in Argentina has accepted a class action lawsuit that would force GMO labeling and provisionally suspend the cultivation of genetically modified crops.
The lawsuit targets Monsanto for causing a seed monopoly through mono-cultivation. It argues for a complete ban on GMOs and on:
A German study published in 2008 gives some direction to those wishing to prevent colon (and other) cancers – and it all revolves around utilizing potent anti-cancer compounds found in various whole foods.
In a world where everyone appreciates a meal that’s both visually and gustatorily satisfying, the gourmet experts utilize just the right foods for zest and flavor. But where taste and display go hand in hand, one often forgets to give due credit to the salubrious properties of foods. Have you ever thought about the health-boosting advantages of these minuscule condiments, in addition to their ability to make your meal zesty?
If not, here are 5 health benefits of including essential spices in your diet that you must know.
Kurdish authorities are banishing Arab Iraqis from Kurdish territory under the guise of expelling supporters of the Islamic State militants.At least 68 were killed across Iraq.
Jeff Denham wants to cut Medicare-- but he doesn't want the voters to know thatA friend of mine, Michael Stewart Foley, had an interesting way to start the introduction to his newest book, The Rise Of Front Porch Politics In America. It sounds like he's talking about a bumper sticker, but what he's really talking about is how politicians do everything than can to hide the simple facts from the voters.
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode233 - War Manual, Star Cold Wars, Dancing In Japan Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news.
By EAMONN McCANN | CounterPunch | June 26, 2015 Derry, Northern Ireland. “Cameron went completely off script at that point and he said ‘Look, the last administration couldn’t deliver an inquiry in your husband’s case and neither can we.’” Asked why by Jane Winter of British Irish Rights Watch, Mr.David Cameron, according to Ms. Winter, […]
♫Makin' a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode163 - Automatic which features brand new sounds from San Cisco, AM & Shawn Lee, Boxed In, Huds
By ANDRE VLTCHEK | CounterPunch | June 26, 2015 Do not take the Latin American revolutions for granted. They inspired the entire Planet. They brought hope to every corner of our scarred Earth. But now they are themselves in need of our support. If left alone, they would thrive for decades and centuries. But the […]
He-e-ere's Booby! "Why don't we save some money and get rid of the Supreme Court?""Justice Anthony Kennedy is a conservative Republican. The irony of Obergefell v.
[UPDATED three days later in the POST SCRIPT below, after my 50th Rockford High School reunion, the reason I had to get to Michigan that very day!]
A very long time ago I promised to issue a Silver Buy flash. I will never recommend buying silver on a credit card but we are running out of time to prepare for the End Game. I am not recommending that you buy silver at the expense of other things you need. And I must remind you that I am not a financial expert.
Marriage equality started in San Francisco in 2004, when Mayor Newsom ignored Barney Frank, others; Sen. Mark Leno also deserves credit….
--Catholic dissenters on the Court say traditionalists will be cast as bigots—Alito’s homophobia is quite evident
--terrorist attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait kill dozens
--as Islamic State launches new effort to take Kobani, Turkey angrily rejects charges of allowing IS to stage attacks from Turkey side of border
--in France, taxi drivers go ballistic over Uber, which is slammed as “economic terrorism”
By COLIN TODHUNTER | CounterPunch | June 26, 2015 In October of last year, World Food Day celebrated ‘Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth’. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s website, the family farming theme was chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. The aim was […]
By Sam Husseini | June 26, 2015 Much of the media has been abuzz with President Barack Obama’s announcement that, as NBC put it: “the government will no longer threaten to criminally prosecute families of American hostages who pay ransom to get loved ones back from such groups as ISIS…” The NBC report — and […]
By Sheryl Attkisson | June 25, 2015 The State Department has informed the House Committee on Benghazi that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to turn over all of her records related to Benghazi and Libya. That’s according to a statement today from Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina. The news contradicts claims from […]
4 – Augustus adopts Tiberius.
1284 – Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away (actually happened)
1409 – Council of Pisa selects Petros Philargi as 3rd Pope: Alexander V
1483 – Richard III becomes King of England. – Duke of Gloucester appoints himself King Richard III of England
1541 – Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire is (Justifiably) assassinated in Lima by the son of his former companion and later antagonist, Diego Almagro the younger. Almagro is later caught and executed.
By converting football pressures to ball temperatures under the Ideal Gas Law, it is possible to conveniently show Colt and Patriot information – transients, simulations and observations – on a common scale. I’ve done this in the diagram shown below, and, in my opinion, it neatly summarizes the actual information. Commentary follows the figure.
At King David's Tomb, Jews Block Christians From Entering Holy Site In JerusalemBy Morgan WinsorInternational Business Times • June 1, 2015 Later-day Talmudic Pharisees in Jerusalem with a sign that reads, “ Pope! Stay in Rome!!! King David’s Tomb belongs to the Jewish people!!!On Monday June 1, hundreds of Jewish protesters tried to block Greek Orthodox Christians from entering King David’s Tomb in the Old City of Jerusalem.
"This is your captain speaking..."by Gaius Publius It would be easy to be deflated after the recent loss of the Fast Track battle. Our 2008 Democratic hero and Corporatist in Chief has managed to shove a Fast Track bill down congressional throats — which were, I must say, mainly eager recipients.But the battle is not the war, as explained above, and it's always true that if you fail to fight to the end, you will always lose.
By Daniel Lazare | Consortium News | June 26, 2015 Just nine days after the fall of the World Trade Center, George W. Bush announced that he was imposing a radical new policy on virtually the entire globe: “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or […]
What people forget is that those who've merely been charged with crimes aren't officially guilty yet. And not-yet-guilty people aren't supposed to go to the hole, except under very narrowly defined sets of circumstances – for flight risks or for threats to the community. It's certainly not supposed to be a punishment for not having $500.
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The World Health Organization recently caused a ruckus within the biotech world as it declared glyphosate ‘probably carcinogenic’ and now the makers of chemical death will have to answer for three more herbicides the WHO has now classified as cancer-causing.
US policymakers sign and date paper calling for the division, destruction, and US occupation of Syria. June 26, 2015 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - Unbeknownst to the general public, their elected politicians do not create the policy that binds their national destiny domestically or within the arena of geopolitics.